County GOP chooses chairman

Roy Shuman of Forks Township returns to the post.

Roy Shuman has returned as chairman of the Northampton County Republican Committee.

Shuman, 61, of Forks Township, previously held the top spot but stepped down in late August because of professional and personal commitments. He had held the chairman's job for four years.

His selection came Monday night as the county Republican Committee reorganized at the Northampton County Government Center in Easton. Shuman was a former Bushkill Township supervisor and the founding chairman of the Nazareth Area Council of Governments.

Robert Kilbanks of Easton had served as party chairman during Shuman's absence and was vice chairman for a decade before that. He'll stay on the executive committee, according to a county committee statement.

Dorothy Niklos, 63, of Chapman was reelected vice chairwoman. She took that role when Kilbanks assumed the chairmanship. She is a member of Chapman Council and is the current chairwoman of the Nazareth Area Council of Governments. She is also president emeritus of Blue Star Mothers, Lehigh Valley chapter.